Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballysallagh, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballysallagh
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.94996, -7.79765
- SMR number
- WA040-001002-
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Discovered during the removal of ringfort 558 in 1954, beneath the bank at W. Comprised a rectangular chamber (dims. 2.9m x 1m; H 1.35m) with a slab-roof, without corbelling, and a creep at SE corner. The floor was excavated by E.M. Fahy of CPM who recovered the remains of an animal, possibly pig, and a flint knife. (NMI file)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.